Understanding and Defending Against Russia's Malign and Subversive Information Efforts in Europe

This research was conducted in the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND Nati ^ | Miriam Matthews, Alyssa Demus, Elina Treyger, Marek N. Posard, Hilary Reininger, Christopher Paul

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This research was conducted in the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute.:

As targets of information aggression, the United States and its European allies must protect themselves against the effects of psychological manipulation and influence. The authors describe apparent efforts by Russia and its agents to use information to shape Russia's operating environment, and they identify possible defensive approaches for United States European Command and its partners.

Research Questions:

1- What content is produced and disseminated by Russia and its agents?

2- How do Russia and its agents manipulate information?

3- What is the persuasive impact of Russia's malign or subversive information efforts?

4- What are the potential avenues for defending against Russia's malign or subversive information efforts?

KEY FINDINGS

I. Russia's information activities appear to be deployed in service of diverse political objectives

- Although Russia appears to have abandoned Soviet-era efforts to spread an ideology, it is still interested in popularizing its worldview and raising its esteem in the eyes of international audiences.

II. Russia and its agents may manipulate or completely falsify information as part of efforts to disseminate messages that align with Russian interests

- The information manipulation techniques that Russia and its agents appear to use range from completely manufacturing content to the misuse or misapplication of factual information.

III. The characteristics of Russian information efforts have the potential to influence audiences

- The targeted content that appears to be disseminated by Russia and its agents can affect selected audiences. Diverse audiences might have difficulty deliberately processing the deluge of fabricated and misleading information to which they are exposed, thereby increasing the potential that they will be affected by these efforts.

IV. Possible defense efforts can be conceptualized as addressing three parts of Russian malign or subversive information efforts: production, distribution, and consumption of content

- Current defensive practices that could be used to address Russia's malign or subversive information efforts would seek to reduce the volume of new false and misleading content, prevent the spread of existing false or misleading content, and promote consumer awareness of the information space.

** This report is part of the RAND Corporation Research report series. RAND reports present research findings and objective analysis that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All RAND reports undergo rigorous peer review to ensure high standards for research quality and objectivity.

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Document Details:

Copyright: RAND Corporation Availability: Available Print Format: Paperback Paperback Pages: 176 List Price: $34.00 Paperback Price: $27.20 Paperback ISBN/EAN: 1977403352 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/RR3160 Document Number: RR-3160-EUCOM Year: 2021 Series: Research Reports

[Dogbert41]

How many times you gonna post this crap?

[Lazamataz]

Also, name one of these things the US doesn’t do.

[TonyinLA]

I read these kind of stories as:

“Shit, the russkies are publishing real data which makes ours’ look ridiculous, we need to push the story the russkies are some kind of svengali propagandists”.

Sure, CIA, the russkies lie. At least they don’t post video games as war footage.

[ConservativeMind]

We had plenty of consulting firms and noted individuals say Trump was, indeed, collaborating with the Russians, too.

These same media and consultants are saying there was nothing to see with Hunter Biden in Ukraine or on Russian faked sex videos.

All of the above was proven wrong, but these people are opining on this and we are to believe them?

I don’t think so.

Sure, there’s something, like with some entity in Russia donating a $100,000 to Trump’s and Hillary’s campaigns, but is it anything like the media ban on saying anything positive above Russia’s positioning? From what we’re being told, Russia is just about out of Ukraine, due to the superior capabilities of drafted citizens (without ammo, guns, or food).

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No.
“Understanding and Defending Against Russia’s Malign and Subversive Information Efforts in Europe”
by Miriam Matthews, Alyssa Demus, et al. written/published BEFORE Biden elected: Oct 31, 2021

Hope this helps

Can be purchased

This research was conducted in the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute.

Copyright: RAND Corporation
Availability: Available
Print Format: Paperback
Paperback Pages: 176
List Price: $34.00
Paperback Price: $27.20
Paperback ISBN/EAN: 1977403352
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/RR3160
Document Number: RR-3160-EUCOM
Year: 2021
Series: Research Reports

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3160.html

[Jewbacca]

It’s an interesting read.

[Jewbacca]

USA propaganda efforts are really crappy, actually.

It’s mainly just your media.

The kardasians being rich idiots are the most effective tool promoting capitalism ever. If morons like them can be rich, what a system!

[lump in the melting pot]

It’s all hatred for Orthodox Christian Russia

You mean the 'religion' that goes around blessing machine guns and nuclear missiles?





I personally don't hate the ROC as much as have contempt for it, way more than even the pederasts in the RCC. And they earned it!

[Godebert]

You’re a total disgrace.

[SoConPubbie]

Pot calling the kettle black!

This is the height of Hypocrisy and Projection!

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

Thank you, I appreciate your thoughtful response.

I feel sometimes folks react without reading or take time to ponder info.

I actually rec’d the comment “You c**k piece of shit traitor” in my freeper mail with a 2nd mailing follow-up from same freeper commenting “C U Next Tuesday.”

???

I don’t know if that is a threat, but I did work 10 years in the inner-city of Detroit. Sometimes, people are stressed & just have to strike out.

[lump in the melting pot]

Shouldn’t you be mourning Kutuzov today, katsap?

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I think the photos in post # 12 indeed are Russian soldiers with blessing by the Russian Orthodox priest NOT the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

However, I do not actually know if the Ukrainian Orthodox Church does bless weapons as well???